Representative matters Mike has handled in recent years include:

• Prosecution of breach of contract and fraud claims on behalf of a group of entrepreneurs and privately-held companies in the automotive accessories business. Mike’s clients were awarded a $55 million judgment following a six-week bench trial.
• Defense of business tort claims on behalf of a major Southern California land developer and one of the nation’s largest waste disposal companies. All claims against both clients were dismissed under California’s anti-SLAPP statute.
• Defense of an international pharmaceutical company against anti-trust claims brought on behalf of a class of California consumers. All claims against Mike’s client were dismissed on summary judgment.
• Defense of a private equity firm and its principals in a series of arbitration and litigation proceedings in which Mike’s clients were alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets and breached fiduciary duties in connection with a portfolio investment. After defeating the plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction and obtaining a series of favorable rulings on key issues, Mike’s clients entered into a highly favorable settlement.
• Prosecution of bad faith claims against insurance companies on behalf of clients in the property management, food products, cement manufacturing, and real estate development industries. In each case, Mike’s client received a multi-million dollar settlement.

Mike serves on the Boards of Directors of the Public Law Center and University of California, Davis School of Law Alumni Association. He also is an active member of the Orange County Bar Association, including most recently serving as the Chair of the OCBA’s Business Litigation Section in 2007.

Mike graduated in the top 5% of his class from the University of California, Davis School of Law, where he was an Executive Editor of the UC Davis Law Review and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from California State University, Northridge. Prior to joining Connor, Fletcher & Williams, Mike practiced in the litigation group of Irell & Manella LLP.